First off I have absolutely no idea what it is like to be in extremely stressful situation as a cop. Bongino does and he was apoplectic about the verdict today. I have seen a video of Eric Bolling in a police video situation where you have to make instantaneous decisions on whether to use a taser or a gun and he didn’t do well. However it’s also clear from even Bolling that there is a major difference in weight between a taser and a gun and police tasers are bright colors and not easily confused with a gun.
So I have no idea if today’s verdict was just or not. I truly believe that Kim made a deadly mistake but don’t know if she should have realized what she was doing. Either way she was responsible for Daunte Wright’s death.
Now one thing I do want to comment on is the left’s and the msm’s deifying of Wright and George Floyd and Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin. They were all criminals and should not be praised. Ann Coulter had an excellent piece on Townhall today explaining just what a piece of excrement Wright was. Look it up. These people deserve no praise and worship. If I remember correctly, and I could be wrong about the school, but Floyd was put in a painting at Notre Dame as Jesus. Really?
Now another thing I was going to comment on was the fact that female cops are more likely to use a gun than males because they don’t have the physical ability to confront a situation. I was told about that 30 years ago by one of my subordinates who worked with cops and it was true then but I looked it up today and more police shootings are by men than women. Although what I didn’t see was any correlation between the number of male cops versus the number of female cops on the streets in a position to have to make the choice.
So here’s my hypothesis. Female cops are more likely to use a gun due to their physical inferiority. It’s just what like I have said before. When I got my handgun and took the training the one thing I was told was that criminals are wary of senior citizens because they know we will shoot first and ask questions later. We have no delusions that we might win a physical confrontation. And I guarantee you that that is the truth with me.
So to make my point about me, I will tell you a story from my past. When I was a junior in high school in Anchorage. I played American Legion baseball. In one game, and I played second base, a ball was hit and flipped to me for a throw for a double play. As I went to throw it the idiot coming in instead of sliding like he was supposed to do decided to jump up thinking I wouldn’t throw. His name was Bill Fish. Anyway, I cut loose and hit him right between the eyes and when he finally got up you could see the imprint of the stitches on his forehead, and the only thing I was concerned with was why the umpire didn’t rule the guy out at first for interference. Yeah I will definitely shoot first.